12.03.2014

December 3, 2013 – New York, NY – Today the Supreme Court will hear the case of Peggy Young, a pregnant U.P.S. worker forced onto unpaid leave, after asking her employer for a temporary break from heavy lifting as her Read More »

09.04.2014

Fulfilling his promise delivered at NOW-NYC’s 2013 Mayoral forum, Mayor de Blasio settled the largest pay discrimination case in the country, agreeing to a $38 million dollar settlement to reimburse its mostly female School Safety Agent workforce for years of unequal Read More »

07.09.2014

Support Reasonable Accommodations for Pregnant Workers: Pregnant women should not have to choose between their jobs and a healthy pregnancy. 75% of women in the workforce will be pregnant at some point, yet many pregnant women are forced to Read More »

05.16.2014

NOW-NYC, Lilly Ledbetter, & Teamsters Local 237 Continue to Push Fair Pay for Female City Workers More than 5,000 current and former School Safety Agents, a majority woman workforce, have joined a federal class-action lawsuit against the City of New Read More »

04.09.2014

Sonia Ossorio, President of the National Organization for Women – NYC, Teamsters Local 237 President Gregory Floyd, Public Advocate Letitia James, Dr. Hazel Dukes, President of the NYS NAACP, and Mary Jenkins, Co-President of the League of Women Voters of Read More »

12.11.2013

Advancing the Women and Girls of New York City, Women’s Issues Are Issues for All New Yorkers: The issues that impact women are urgent. Yet, they are often sidelined rather than fully integrated into public policy as they should be. Read More »

11.05.2013

PRESS RELEASE October 29, 2013 Celebrating the Thirty-Fifth Anniversary of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, New Yorkers Rallied for Stronger New York State Protections New York, N.Y. – The New York Women’s Equality Coalition was joined by pregnant women and new Read More »

10.28.2013

Sign the petition! This week marks the 35th anniversary of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Yet, pregnant workers continue to be unfairly fired, demoted and their health put at risk by employers who do not provide temporary accommodations such as a Read More »

10.24.2013

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo recently legislation that will recognize fashion models under the age of 18 as child performers. The new law will have include limits on the number of hours underage models can work, as well as how late Read More »